Read article 'First dipole descends to LHC'
First dipole descends to LHC
On 7 March the first of the superconducting dipole magnets for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), under construction at CERN, was lowered into the accelerator tunnel.
Read article 'First dipole descends to LHC'
Read article 'B-factory achieves record luminosity'
B-factory achieves record luminosity
On 19 February the Belle experiment running at Japan's KEKB accelerator, the KEK B-factory, accumulated a record integrated luminosity in a single day.
Read article 'Russian team builds biggest MDT chambers for muon spectrometer'
Russian team builds biggest MDT chambers for muon spectrometer
The Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP) in Protvino, Russia, is producing some of the largest and most challenging chambers for the muon spectrometer of the ATLAS detector at CERN
Read article 'Tsunami earthquake detected in ATLAS cavern'
Tsunami earthquake detected in ATLAS cavern
During the Christmas break, the hydrostatic level sensors (HLSs) in the ATLAS cavern revealed a new facet of their capabilities.
Read article 'First neutrinos head for MINOS'
First neutrinos head for MINOS
The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment was officially inaugurated in a ceremony at Fermilab on 4 March.
Read article 'US budget changes priorities for HEP'
US budget changes priorities for HEP
On 8 February the White House released its budget proposal for the financial year 2006.
Read article 'WASA finds a new home at COSY'
WASA finds a new home at COSY
The Wide Angle Shower Apparatus (WASA) detector, currently at the CELSIUS facility of The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL) in Uppsala, Sweden, is to find a new home.
Read article 'Cornell gets funding for brighter X-rays'
Cornell gets funding for brighter X-rays
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Cornell University $18 million to begin developing a high-brilliance, high-current Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) synchrotron radiation X-ray source.
Read article 'Radio astronomers observe a possible dark-matter galaxy'
Radio astronomers observe a possible dark-matter galaxy
An international team of astronomers has discovered what appears to be an invisible galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter – the first ever detected. The mystery galaxy, VIRGOHI21, lies in t...
Read article 'CMS cavern ready for its detector'
CMS cavern ready for its detector
On 1 February 2005, the cavern for the CMS detector at CERN was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by many guests, including the Spanish and Italian ambassadors to the United Nations and representativ...
